Gene flow matters

From
Peter Melchett, The Soil Association

David Concar says that “green groups in Britain have succeeded in making the question of gene flow symbolic of the whole notion of consumers and organic growers being forced to accept a technology that they do not trust” (14 December 2002, p 27).

Recent research shows that green groups have tended to reflect public concerns about GMOs, rather than create them. Nor is what the organic sector in Britain is or is not prepared to accept particularly relevant. In the European Union, organic food and farming is defined by EU regulation 2092/91. Article 6.1 (d) of the regulation states …